How to install Atheros AR8162 Ethernet drivers

[nightylike]

1. Add Mirrors After the Installation Tutorial Here

2. Start Terminal and type

apt-get update

apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) 

wget http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/compat-wireless-3-stable/v3.6/compat-wireless-3.6.8-1-snpc.tar.bz2

tar -xvjf compat-wireless-3.6.8-1-snpc.tar.bz2 

cd compat-wireless-3.6.8-1-snpc/

scripts/driver-select alx

make

make install

modprobe alx

3. Troubleshooting

If you get error: implicit declaration of function ‘__netdev_printk’ like me
Type 

leafpad drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/alx_main.c

Find __netdev_printk and replace it with 

		//__netdev_printk(level, hw->adpt->netdev, &vaf);
		printk("%salx_hw: %pV", level, &vaf)

It should look like this 

	if (hw && hw->adpt && hw->adpt->netdev)
		//__netdev_printk(level, hw->adpt->netdev, &vaf);
		printk("%salx_hw: %pV", level, &vaf);
	else
		printk("%salx_hw: %pV", level, &vaf);

	va_end(args);

After Installing the alx driver my backlight control stopped working (Lenovo G580)
Here is my fix for this:
Open Terminal and type

leafpad /etc/default/grub 

add GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="acpi_backlight=vendor"

after the last GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX entry and save 

Type in terminal
update-grub
reboot -n

[Nikita_Michalkov]

Hello! I have a problem whith this tutorial. When i type this

apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

i recieve

E: Не удалось найти пакет linux-headers-3.7-trunk-686-pae
E: Не удалось найти пакет по регулярному выражению «linux-headers-3.7-trunk-686-pae»

From russian it means like "Could not find package linux-headers-3.7-trunk-686-pae" and "Could not find package by regular expression «linux-headers-3.7-trunk-686-pae»"

Im asking for help!

[Nikita_Michalkov]

OK I DID IT!

you need to create a link like

ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-3.7-trunk-686-pae /lib/modules/3.7-trunk-686-pae/build

then just follow this steps

apt-get update

apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

wget http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/comp...1-snpc.tar.bz2

tar -xvjf compat-wireless-3.6.8-1-snpc.tar.bz2

cd compat-wireless-3.6.8-1-snpc/

scripts/driver-select alx

make

make install

modprobe alx

[sanyk6]

http://www.linuxfoundation.org/colla...networking/alx